ATU-Ozark Satellite Tech Center A Step Closer

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Feb 9, 2013 at 4:12 AMFeb 9, 2013 at 4:24 AM

The Arkansas Department of Career Education approved a satellite technical center at Clarksville on Thursday for Arkansas Tech University-Ozark Campus, pending funding approval by the state Legislature, ATU-Ozark officials stated.

The Arkansas Department of Career Education approved a satellite technical center at Clarksville on Thursday for Arkansas Tech University-Ozark Campus, pending funding approval by the state Legislature, ATU-Ozark officials stated.

ATU-Ozark has overseen the 40-year-old Arkansas Tech Career Center at Russellville, a technical-training center for high school students, since 2011, according to the news release.

The Russellville center enrolls students from 11 schools in Pope, Yell and Johnson counties: The Lamar, Clarksville, Russellville, Dover, Pottsville, Hector, Atkins, Dardanelle, Danville, Two Rivers, and Western Yell County schools.

Approval of the Clarksville site will provide students at Johnson County Westside and Scranton high schools with needed access to technical skills as well as making training more accessible to Clarksville and Lamar students, ATU-Ozark Chancellor Jo Alice Blondin said.

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